RegardingID Archive | Indian states using LaserCard for vehicle registration

Thursday, May 1, 2008

LaserCard Corporation has received a follow-up purchase order totaling $1.6 million for optical memory cards for vehicle registration programs in three states in India.

LaserCard’s Authorized Value-Added Reseller has completed a business restructuring, enabling accelerated investments in the development of its vehicle registration card issuance and support infrastructure.

The VAR has informed LaserCard that it anticipates that its reorganized business model will facilitate faster program growth. Shipments on these orders are scheduled for the third quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the VAR has indicated that orders may exceed $1 million in each of the next two quarters for the same three states and is hopeful of adding additional states this year.

India deploys RFID-based toll plaza at Chandimandir

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Resolute contracted with LifeMed ID to implement the SecureReg Patient Identity Management System. With the Resolute Health BeneFIT smart card, a patient can check into either the Resolute Health Center for Wellbeing or the Resolute Health Family Urgent Care Center and be accurately identified.

HID receives additional Green Card order

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India pilots biometrics in visa applications

The Indian government has started piloting biometric data capture for visa applications as part of its Immigration, Visa, Foreigner’s Registration and Tracking (IVFRT) project, reports The Indian Express.

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